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City Manager Johnson agreed with Councilor Kelly that it would be difficult, from a practical point <br />of view, to deliver services to only Eugene residents. He suggested adopting the resolution as it <br />was currently, and then have a separate motion to direct staff to do all things necessary and <br />appropriate to address the issues that the council had raised. <br /> <br />City Attorney Klein recommended that should the amendment pass, the council at that point <br />postpone the item until the next council meeting so that he could talk to staff about the <br />ramifications of the amendment. He explained that putting the amendment into the resolution <br />would make things much more complicated. <br /> <br />Councilor Kelly said that, given the comments of the City Manager and the City Attorney, he would <br />oppose the motion to amend. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey said that the amendment was a bad step. He said that the 4J and Bethel school <br />districts served kids from outside the city. He said that since their properties were being used, he <br />did not think that they could preclude youths who were not citizens of Eugene. He said that the <br />idea was to create a safe place for kids to be. He said that the citizens of Eugene wanted the City <br />to provide services for children, not exclude youths because they lived outside city limits. <br /> <br />Councilor Pap~ thanked the Mayor for his comments. He raised the question of how the City was <br />going to pay for the programs after the initial two years. He said that jurisdictional boundaries <br />acted in an exclusionary manner. He suggested that the school districts should be the participants <br />regardless of the City boundaries. He urged Lane County and Springfield to help fund the <br />program so that it could be more inclusionary for youth in outlying areas. <br /> <br />Councilor Pap~, with the concurrence of his second, withdrew the motion to <br />amend. <br />Speaking to the main motion, Councilor Meisner raised concern that the City would be the only <br />service provider for the program and stressed the need for finding other sources of funding. <br /> <br />Councilor Meisner was in favor of the idea of a separate motion raised by City Manager Johnson. <br />He agreed with everything the Mayor said but stressed the importance of paying attention to his <br />voters. He said that the perception of Eugene being the only service provider for the program <br />would get in the way of its passage by the voters. <br /> <br />Councilor Rayor said that both the police station and youth program measures worked toward the <br />goal of public safety and were necessary for the Eugene Metro area. He urged support of the <br />resolution. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Councilor Kelly regarding a timeline for ballot title wording, City <br />Attorney Glenn Klein said that, if the council adopted the resolution that evening, under the code <br />he had five business days to draft the ballot title. <br /> <br />Councilor Kelly reiterated the comments of Councilor Meisner regarding the desire to see other <br />funding for the programs and the creation of a special district that would include the 4J, Bethel, <br />and Springfield school districts. <br /> <br />Councilor Kelly expressed a desire to see a list of programs that would be allowed by the passage <br />of the measure. He suggested a tabloid in the newspaper. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 24, 2000 Page 9 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br /> <br />